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Manipur Year 4: Guns Without Justice

Three years into the worst episode of ethnic violence, marked by grave allegations of state failure and complicity, in post-independence India, the central government is preparing to deploy around...

941 deaths while cleaning sewers, septic tanks: Centre informs Rajya Sabha

However, no reports of death due to manual scavenging have been provided by the Centre

Are India’s official Covid-19 mortality numbers grossly under-reported?

Gaslighting the victims of Covid-19 is an all-time political low for any government; official machinery now denying independent data analysis too

Central universities falling short of filling up posts reserved for SC-ST-OBC

During the monsoon session of Parliament, The Education Ministry stated that out of 18,353 total sanctioned reserved teaching posts in central universities, 8,773 continue to remain vacant

Over 8,000 children died by suicide in 2019: Centre

There is also a rising trend in the number of suicides due to unemployment, and amongst students from 2016 to 2019

Child labour still prevalent in India

58,289 children have been rescued or rehabilitated between 2020 to 2021, 770 cases registered under Prohibition of Child Labour Act in 2019

Democracy, anyone?

Are we becoming an Orwellian State?

Jayasree Kakumani no more

Human Rights Forum and Andhra Pradesh Human Rights Defenders communities mourn the death of the activist and lawyer

Dire lessons from history

What does the External Affairs minister mean when he says decisions and policies are aimed at correcting historical wrongs?

Turmoil in the North East: Assam – Mizoram border dispute escalates

Assam issues advisory against travel to Mizoram; Mizoram files FIR against Assam CM, accuses Assam side of setting up economic blockade

Covid orphans: Mismatch in figures provided by WCD Ministry and NCPCR

While WCD Min says only 645 children lost their parents, NCPCR pegs the number at over 3,000!

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Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30

UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts

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Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor

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Malegaon 2006 Blast Case: Bombay High Court rejects NIA’s ‘alternate narrative’, holds prosecution built on contradictions and inadmissible evidence

Holding that “diagonally opposite” narratives by investigative agencies cannot sustain a trial, the Court finds the NIA’s case rooted in retracted statements, hearsay material, and a legally impermissible reinvestigation—bringing the prosecution to a “dead end”